WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 701

ON A HOUSING OR BUILDING VIOLATION NOTICE OUTSTANDING ON THE DATE
OF TAX SALE, WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE CERTIFICATE.

(c) The certificate of sale shall be in substantially the
following form:

"I, .........., Collector of Taxes for the State of Maryland

and the .......... of ........, certify that on ......., 19....,

I sold to ........, at public auction for the sum of ..........

Dollars and ......... Cents, of which ...... Dollars has been

paid the property in ......... described as ........ and assessed

to ......... The property described in this certificate is

subject to redemption. On redemption the holder of the
certificate will be refunded the sums paid on account of the
purchase price together with interest at the rate of 6% a year
from the date of payment to the date of redemption (except as
stated in subsection (b) of § 14-820 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland), together with all other amounts specified by Chapter
761 of the Acts of 1943, and acts that amend that chapter. The
balance due on account of the purchase price and all taxes,
together with interest and penalties on the taxes, accruing after
the date of sale, must be paid to the Collector before a deed can

be delivered to the purchaser. After .........., 19...., a

proceeding can be brought to foreclose all rights of redemption
in the property. [This] EXCEPT IN BALTIMORE CITY, THIS
certificate will be void unless such a proceeding is brought
within 2 years from the date of this certificate., EXCEPT THAT IN
BALTIMORE CITY, WITH RESPECT TO ANY PROPERTY WHICH WAS CITED AS
VACANT AND ABANDONED ON A HOUSING OR BUILDING VIOLATION NOTICE
OUTSTANDING ON THE DATE OF THE TAX SALE, THE CERTIFICATE WILL BE
VOID UNLESS SUCH A PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT WITHIN 1 YEAR FROM THE
DATE OF THE CERTIFICATE.

Witness my hand and seal, this .......... day of .........,

19.....

Collector."
(To be followed by acknowledgment)
14-833.

(A)   [At] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E) OF THIS
SECTION, AT any time after 6 months from the date of sale a
holder of any certificate of sale may file a complaint to
foreclose all rights of redemption of the property to which the
certificate relates.

(B)  The right to redeem shall continue until finally barred
by decree of the circuit court in which the foreclosure
proceeding is filed.

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